Golf teeing-stand.



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GOLF TEEING STAND.

APPLIOATION FILED OCT. 6. 1914.

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ROBERT REACH, or srmiverrnnn. MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO A. G. SPALDI'NG& BROS. MANFG. COMPANY, OF GHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS, A OOBLEORATION orattie.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Patented Feb. 16, 1915..

Application filed October 6, 1914. Serial No. 865,396.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT REAoH, citizenofthe United States, residing at Springfield, Massachusetts,'have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Grolf Teeing-Stands, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention aims to provide a simple and effective golf teeing stand,its main purpose being to prevent waste of water and to assume controlof the amount of water fed to the sand, the invention including alsodetails of construction tending to cheapness in'manufacture, with anattractive appearance.

In the accompanying drawing :-Figure 1 is an elevation of my improvedstand. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 a larger view indetail of the valve.

I utilize to support the containers, three bent pipes substantially asshown at a, the upper and lower ends of the pipes being provided withmetallic knobs b, which serve to give a finish to the frame. The' threestandards are held together by-two circular hoops 0 arranged as shown inFig.1, and held in place upon the standards by clamps 03, which passaround the standards and are riveted or bolted to the hoops as shown inFig. 1. The containers 6 and f, the former to contain water and thelatter to contain sand, have beaded upper edges 9 and fit withln thehoops, the beads serving to sustain the containers within the hoops bycontact with the upper edges thereof.

At present, in the teeing stands in use,

there is waste of water, and I have aimed to provide means to preventthis and also to control the flow of water to the sand so that theproper amount of water can be fed and the Sand prevented from becomingtoo wet, as now frequently occurs.

, As shown in Figs. 2' and 3, I provide a valve comprising a tubularcentral portion it, having a conical upper end 11, with a lowerextension is, provided with perforations Z,

and a central opening m. A plunger n, having an enlarged head 0, fitsthe casing h,

reason of the fact that the conical part of the plunger fits thecorresponding portion of the casing while the end 9 of the plungernormally closing the upper end thereof by i projects through'the openingat. A weightseat and water flowsthrough the casing 71.

and out through the perforations Z to the container f. The moment theweight is released it falls by gravity and allows the plunger todrop,cutting off the supply of water.

It will be observed that the intake of the casing h is above the levelof the container 6, for the reason that the container is frequently usedto wash the golf balls and accumulates dirt and grit which would closeup the openings if they were at the bottom of the container, but as theintake is above the bottom there is no trouble of this sort.

What I claim is 1. A. golf teeing stand comprising a suitable frame,removable containers arranged one above the other for holding sand andwater, a valve in the water container and means supported from thebottom of the Water container for positively operating the valve todischarge the water, with automatic means for cutting off the discharge,substantially as described.

2. A golf teeing stand comprising a suitable frame, a sand container, awater container above the same, a discharge valve for the water havingits intake above the level of the bottom of the container and means foroperating the valve to cause a discharge Copies of this patent may beobtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

